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NEWS RELEASES
APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ANDDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
January 10, 1996 No. 3
APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
Foreign Affairs Minister André Ouellet today announced the appointments of two new
members to the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development.
Kenneth David Crawford has practised law in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the past
several years. Mr. Crawford has held many provincial, municipal and school board
appointments, including successive terms as a commissioner and Vice-Chair of the
Halifax Water Commission. He has served as Chairperson of the Mayor's Task Force
on Community and Race Relations as well as on various professional committees of
the Nova Scotia Bar Council. He has been actively involved in the Black community
in Nova Scotia through various business, legal and cultural organizations. In
1992, Mr. Crawford was appointed as Chairperson to adjudicate complaints under the
Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.
Raymonde Folco is a former president of the Conseil des communautés culturelles et
de l'immigration, an agency of the Quebec provincial government. Among her
international activities, Ms. Folco was most recently a Canadian delegate to the
Organization of American States, acting as an observer of the legislative
elections in Haiti and Côte d'Ivoire. She has also been a Canadian delegate to
the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (Washington, D.C.) for
a mission to the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo that
presented the Canadian democratic process to the political parties in those
countries. Ms. Folco has an extensive background in communications and education,
specifically language training development. She has published widely on a range
of immigration, language, social and cultural issues, particularly those relating
to ethnocultural communities. Ms. Folco was also a candidate in the last federal
election.
The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development is an
independent body established by an Act of Parliament in 1988. It provides persons
and organizations in other countries with training, advice and research services
to promote the observance of human rights and the full participation of all
citizens in the democratic process. Ten of the 13 members of the Centre's Board
of Directors are appointed by the Government of Canada. Three nationals of
developing countries are appointed by the Board itself.
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